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<p>Determinant of a quaternion matrix<br>(Quaternion overloading of standard MATLAB&reg; function)
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<h2>Syntax</h2><p><tt>Y = det(X, T)</tt></p>
<h2>Description</h2>
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<tt>det(X, T)</tt> computes the determinant of the square quaternion matrix
<tt>X</tt>. The second parameter, <tt>T</tt>, indicates the type of
determinant, and must be one of 'Moore', 'Dieudonn&eacute;', 'Dieudonne' or 'Study'.
There is no default.
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<h2>Examples</h2>
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<h2>See Also</h2>MATLAB&reg; function: <a href="matlab:doc det">det</a><br>
<h2>References</h2><ol><li>Helmer Aslaksen, 'Quaternionic Determinants',
<i>The Mathematical Intelligencer</i>, <b>18</b>(3), 1996,
56-65. [Reprinted in 'Mathematical Conversation: Selections from
 The Mathematical Intelligencer', Robin Williams and Jeremy Gray (eds.),
 142-156, Springer-Verlag, 2001.]
</li><li>
F. Z. Zhang, 'Quaternions and Matrices of Quaternions',
<i>Linear Algebra and its Applications</i>, <b>251</b>,
January 1997, 21-57. [see p47]
</li></ol>
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